by Steve Thomason | Mar 28, 2017 | Devos
Two readings converged on me this morning. The first was from Luke 18:31-19:10, because I will preach on the story of Zacchaeus this week. The second is from John 1:1-5 and Richard Rohr’s meditation in which Rohr provides an alternate translation. The first...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 23, 2017 | Devos
The daily reading for today is Proverbs 21:1-5, The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will. 2 All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart. 3 To do righteousness and justice is more...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 11, 2017 | Devos
A strange confluence of reading happened this morning. It is strange for two reasons. First, because I read the wrong passage in Luke. The sleep must have been caked a little heavier than usual this morning, and I accidentally read the passage for next Saturday in...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 10, 2017 | Devos
Today’s reading is from Luke 12:35-48. It is the little collection of parables clustered around the theme of a master who has gone away and how the servants must be watchful stewards. I read Justo Gonzalez’s commentary and found it fascinating. He speaks...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 3, 2017 | Devos
The Narrative Lectionary brings the story of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:25-42 into conversation with the story of Mary and Martha in Luke 10:43-45. We typically preach these stories separately, with very different messages. The Gospel of Luke, however, tells them...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 28, 2017 | Devos
“humans become the God we worship.” I read those words this morning in Richard Rohr’s meditation. Rohr has picked up the theme of the Trinity again in his daily meditations. This gets me very excited because the Trinity was at the heart of my...